The Van Oosterhout-Baskerville moot court competition was established in honor of the late Judge Martin Van Oosterhout, a 1924 graduate of the College of Law and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Richard Baskerville, a member of the Iowa Law Class of 1959. The winners of the Van Oosterhout-Baskerville competition will represent Iowa Law on the National Moot Court team during the 2025-26 academic year.

Join If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice (LRJ) for a fun movie night featuring Unpregnant (2020) and discussion. Food will be provided.

Emily Galvin Almanza will read from her new book, The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America. The Price of Mercy is described as "A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America’s criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it" (emilygalvinalmanza.com). It's praised by Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestsell...